Hail! The Fearless Fourteen

These fourteen moderate U.S. senators, seven Republicans and seven Democrats, brokered the compromise which averted The "Nuclear" Option, the proposed rule change which would have made minority filibusters of the most ideologically extreme White House judicial nominations all but impossible to carry out.

Their courage in breaking ranks with their respective party leaders and putting our government above ideological partisanship are to be congratulated by all patriotic Americans. Thanks to them, the U.S. Senate is back in business!

	Senator Robert C. Byrd (D - WV)			Senator Lincoln Chafee (R - RI)
	Senator Susan Collins (R - ME)			Senator Mike DeWine (R - OH)
	Senator Lindsey Graham (R - SC)			Senator Daniel Inouye (D - HI)
	Senator Mary L. Landrieu (D - LA)			Senator Joseph Lieberman (D - CT)
	Senator John McCain (R - AZ)			Senator Ben Nelson (D - NE)
	Senator Mark Pryor (D - AR)			Senator Ken Salazar (D - CO)
	Senator Olympia Snowe (R - ME)			Senator John Warner (R - VA)